Manitou Music poster art selected

Grand Rapids painter George Peebles’s panoramic, atmospheric view of Sleeping Bear Dunes bluffs is the Glen Arbor Arts Center’s selection for the 2024 Manitou Music Poster.

Aptly titled ‘Empire Bluffs’, Pebbles’ painting is notable for its brilliant — and characteristic — hues, and breathtaking perspective. He depicted this iconic scene in oil paint.

The brilliant array of color Pebble’s works into his paintings stands in stark contrast to the fact he has red-green colorblindness. Peebles regards this not as a disability, but as a challenge and a gift. He paints in his studio, and — unlike many artists focused on the landscape — paints not from photographs, but memory.